The draft Action Plan for Energy Efficient Housing in the UNECE … · 2011. 2. 7. · Housing management & maintenance 10. Energy affordability 9. Public housing sector 12. Geographical

The draft Action Plan for Energy Efficient Housing in the

UNECE region

Ariel Ivanier

Associate Economic Affairs Officer

UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management

21th Session of the Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Project

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Outline of the presentation

1. Background

2. Purpose

3. Proposed structure of the Action Plan

4. Summary of twelve goals

5. Conclusion

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Context

EEH as an opportunity for:

Energy Security

EnvironmentEconomic developmentSocial conditions

Built environment

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Purpose

Action Plan A framework programme for UNECE Members

General aims: • Create necessary institutional conditions and remove barriers

for energy efficiency in housing • Ensure progressive transformation towards zero-energy and

zero-carbon and yet affordable housing sector

Definition of improved EE in housing:Reduced energy intensities in the residential services without compromising the levels of wellbeing of the residents or environmental conditions.

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Eight elements of improved EE in housing:

Existing homes

New-built homes

Utility systems

Housing management systems

Appliances and lighting systems

Min carbon footprint for the housing sector

Environmentally-friendly building practices

Housing energy affordability

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The proposed structure of the Action Plan

Actions

48 Targets

12 Goals (Strategies)

3 Policy Areas

Visions 2020

Shaping the Future

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Energy performance standards & technology integration

Access to energy efficiency & public housing

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8. Research, innovations and best practices

7. Spatial planning, district heating-cooling

6. Low-energy and zero-carbon technology

5. Energy performance requirement (new + existing building)

4. Utility services and energy pricing

3. Housing management & maintenance

10. Energy affordability

9. Public housing sector

12. Geographical access to EE housing

11. Awareness and capacity building

2. Financial incentives

1. Organisational leadership, energy planning and monitoring

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Incentives and capacities to close “energy efficiency gap”

Zero-energy zero-carbon homes & pathway to carbon-neutral cities

Inclusive energy efficiency, affordable warmth in homes, energy-aware culture

vision 202012 goals/strategies3 policy areas

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Policy area I

Energy efficiency governance and financial infrastructure

Управление энергоэффективностью и

финансовая инфраструктура

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• Framework laws on energy efficiency

• Designate special national and local bodies responsible for EEH

• Build statistical indicators and databases

• Systems of planning for energy resources and demand

� Dedicated and effective government leadership.

� Housing is visible in the policy agenda.

� Energy balances are well monitored and planned.

Goal 1. Organisation leadership, energy planning

Poor coordination and monitoring, weak governance, low priority for housing EE

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• Public subsidies and low-interest loans• Tax incentives

(e.g. for new homes built to higher standards than building codes, for existing homes converted to new homes standards)

• Tax on inefficiency(i.e. property tax)

• Systematised info portals about incentives• EE practices within financial organisations

� Strong incentives and capabilities to invest in EE housing.

� Energy efficiency gap is closed.

Goal 2. Financial incentives

High transaction costs, lack of finance, lack of incentives, short-termism

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• Institutional capacities for housing management (homeowners laws, loan taking, tenant rights)

• Professionalizing housing management(competitive market for HM, training programmes, technical assistance)

• Public programmes for retrofitting (special programmes for comprehensive retrofitting of low quality and low efficient housing stock)

� Clear responsibilities

�Strong incentives and institutional capacities.

Goal 3. Housing management and maintenance

Unclear responsibilities, lack of skills, split incentives, poor homeowners

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• Technological capacities for sustainable energy management in housing(e.g. smart meters, bi-directional flows of electricity, new home are required to have integrated control systems)

• Adequate energy pricing system(e.g. progressive tariff systems, differentiated tariff system, feed-in tariffs and subsidies for on-site generation)

• Incentives to providers of energy services(e.g. obligations to be informative, obligations for energy saving measures and renewable initiatives, white certificates, ESCOs)

�Intelligent energy grids.

�Renewable generation, considerable portion of which is generated in domestic buildings (networked energy production)

Goal 4. Utility services and energy pricing

Wasteful energy practices, disincentives, wrong price signals, lack of incentives for on-site generation

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Policy area II

Energy performance standards and technology integration

Энергостандарты и внедрение

технологий

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• Mandatory energy and carbon performance standards(e.g. differentiated building codes; full lifecycle of energy and carbon performance; net zero-energy standards by 2020)

• Mandatory certification(mass energy assessment in the medium term)

• Energy performance standards for existing buildings(advisory role first, then mandatory; establish date by which existing buildings to be renovated to ZES)

• EE as condition for budget-assisted projects

�All new homes are made to zero-energy zero-carbon standards, 2020

�Low efficiency buildings are retrofitted or demolished

Goal 5. Energy performance requirements in homebuilding and existing housing (!)

Market barriers to build extensively to high energy standards

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• Promote low-energy, zero-energy and carbon-neutral building solutions(national targets, subject to climatic zones)

• Renewable energy promoted(e.g. in the longer run mandatory solar collectors in new and renovated houses)

• Low energy lighting and appliance standards

�At least 10% of the UNECE population live in zero-energy zero-carbon homes by 2020

�Micro-generation by homes is a significant contributor to total energy production.

Goal 6. Low-energy and low-carbon technology.

Market barriers for EE technology

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• Integrated residential EE in planning process and development control

• Develop demand-based district heating and cooling systems

�Communities are on their way to become carbon-neutral

Goal 7. Spatial planning, development control, district heating and cooling systems

A lack of more comprehensive consideration of the impact of development projects

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• Support research, development and demonstration(e.g. national competitions targets, assistance to R&D in new technologies)

• Stimulate the development of affordable local solutions.

• Support commercialization of R&D

�Affordable low-energy technologies.

�Deployment of EE technologies.

�Next generation technologies, technological breakthrough.

Goal 8. Research innovations and best practices.

Market barriers for EE technology, technological backwardness

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Policy area III

Access to energy efficiency and public housing

Доступность энергоэффективности и

бюджетный жилой фонд

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• Special EE policies for public housing

• Comprehensive retrofitting programmes for public housing.

• Conditions for public housing to have better EE performance than other housing sectorsZero-energy retrofit eventually

�Public housing is at the forefront of the EE transformation.

Goal 9. Public/social housing sector.

A considerable portion of the housing stock, crucial for housing affordability.

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• Integration with social policy.

• Eradicate energy poverty. (subsidies; gradually replaced by generous assistance to improve EE).

• Ensure that low-income groups are not negatively affected by higher efficiency standards.

�Eradicate energy poverty.

�EE solutions are affordable for the majority of people.

Goal 10. Energy affordability and social integration.

A considerable portion of the population live in energy poverty

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• Make EE more visible for consumers.(energy ratings, informative bills)

• Campaigns (different media)

• Local energy centres and demonstration projects.

• Educational programmes.

�Housing energy-efficiency is part of the everyday practice and business relations.

�Energy-aware culture.

Goal 11. Awareness and capacity-building.

Lack of knowledge, information, awareness, skills.

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• Adjust policy to specific climatic conditions. (specific local conditions, special funds).

• Anticipate the regional effects of climate change. (subsidies and grants; in the longer run replaced by assistance to improve EE).

• Better diffusion of EE technologies across sub-national areas.

• International cooperation.

�Balanced geographical development of energy efficient housing.

Goal 12. Geographic access to EE housing.

Uneven geographical development nationally and internationally, energy inefficiency traps plus different climatic conditions.

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UNECE Member States

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Vision 2020

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Challenges and opportunities for the UNECE Action Plan

• No binding status for the Member Government.

• But can be comprehensive and ambitious as a “proper action plan” to inform and guide Member States through the transformation towards low-energy yet affordable housing.

• Suggestions and discussion?

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Thank you!More information:http://www.unece.org/hlm/

ContactAriel [email protected]

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